{"id":210078,"date":"2025-05-25T19:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T19:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alandalusia.org\/?p=210078"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:20:34","slug":"al-andalusia-participates-in-an-academic-conference-at-the-university-of-granada-on-islamophobia-and-contemporary-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/al-andalusia-participates-in-an-academic-conference-at-the-university-of-granada-on-islamophobia-and-contemporary-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Andalusia participates in an academic conference at the University of Granada on Islamophobia and Contemporary Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-210079 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27707%27%20height%3D%27522%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20707%20522%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27707%27%20height%3D%27522%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-200x148.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-400x295.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-500x369.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-600x443.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-700x516.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-768x566.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-800x590.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-1024x755.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA-1200x885.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IISRA.jpeg 1284w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"693\">The <strong data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"372\">May 20, 2025<\/strong>the Rector of the <strong data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"437\">Al-Andalusia Islamic University of Spain<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"463\">Sh. Mohammad Idrissi<\/strong>was invited to participate in an academic conference organized by <strong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"573\">IISRA at the University of Granada<\/strong>focused on the analysis of the <strong data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"692\">Islamophobia and the rise of Islamophobic narratives in the contemporary social context<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"996\">Understanding Islamophobia from experience and knowledge.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1466\">During his speech, the Rector addressed the phenomenon of Islamophobia from the point of view of the <strong data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1133\">reality of the Muslim community in Spain<\/strong>The seminar highlighted how certain simplifying and exclusionary discourses have been gaining presence in the public debate. The importance of analyzing not only the visible manifestations of rejection, but also those of the <strong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1392\">narratives that support it<\/strong>The social and political roots, and its direct impact on coexistence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1700\">The reflection was approached from an academic perspective, but connected with everyday experience, insisting on the need to generate <strong data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1645\">more complex and human readings<\/strong> of a reality that is often reduced to stereotypes.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1764\">The role of the university in the construction of the narrative<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1766\" data-end=\"2267\">The meeting brought together academics, researchers and students interested in exploring the role that educational institutions can play in addressing this phenomenon. In this context, it was emphasized that the university should not limit itself to describing the problems, but should take on a <strong data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2120\">active responsibility in the construction of critical thinking<\/strong>The program provides intellectual tools that help to dismantle prejudices and foster a fairer and more contextualized understanding of diversity.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2269\" data-end=\"2305\">Thinking together to transform<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2307\" data-end=\"2670\">Spaces like this conference allow us to stop, listen and think collectively, moving away from polarization and opting for the <strong data-start=\"2441\" data-end=\"2483\">informed dialogue and academic rigor<\/strong> as ways to transform the dominant narrative. When the analysis is made from knowledge and listening, real paths towards a more conscious and balanced coexistence are opened.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2672\" data-end=\"2919\">Al-Andalusia's participation in this academic forum reinforces its presence in university and international debates, and confirms its vocation to contribute, through education and reflection, to a more just, critical and plural society.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 20, 2025, the Rector of the Islamic University of Spain Al-Andalusia, Sh. Mohammad Idrissi, was invited to participate in an academic conference organized by IISRA at the University of Granada, focused on the analysis of Islamophobia and the rise of Islamophobic narratives in the contemporary social context. Understanding Islamophobia from experience and knowledge During his speech, the Rector addressed the phenomenon of Islamophobia from the reality experienced by the Muslim community in Spain, highlighting how certain simplifying and exclusionary discourses have been gaining presence in the public debate. He underlined <a href=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/al-andalusia-participates-in-an-academic-conference-at-the-university-of-granada-on-islamophobia-and-contemporary-narratives\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":210079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,48,54,229],"tags":[276,221,277,270],"class_list":["post-210078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instituto","category-noticias","category-proyectos","category-university-news","tag-campus-universitario","tag-ceremonia-graduacion","tag-educacion-islamica","tag-universidad-al-andalusia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210078"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210084,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210078\/revisions\/210084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}